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Math Mutation 171 Something Euclid Missed | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:24

Try drawing the trisectors of each angle of a triangle, and you're in for a surprise. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 170 Gnarly Gnovels | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:10

Can math give us insights into the quality of a work of fiction? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 169 Isaac Newton, Supercop | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:44

Newton's lesser-known second career in law enforcement. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 168 Twistier Than You Thought | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:08

The strange properties and applications of the Mobius strip. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 167 Basic Bugs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:20

How hard is it for a simple automaton to act like a real insect? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 166 A New Kind of Decade | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:52

Did Stephen Wolfram's A New Kind of Science really revolutionize scientific inquiry? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 165 Comparative Disadvantage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:03

How does the Black Swan concept modify the theory of Comparative Advantage? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 164 What Color Is Your Swan? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:19

How improbable Black Swans affect our lives and society. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 163 Why Statisticians Stink At Statistics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:04:52

When estimating probabilities, we are biologically wired to give the wrong answer. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 162 The Mathematician Who Wasn't There | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:08

The strange tale of Nicholas Bourbaki. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 161 The Numbers Of Love | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:31

How love was defined by Pythagoras. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 160 The Boids And Bees Of Leadership | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:20

What algorithms do bees use to fly in swarms? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 159 Booms And Busts | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:31

Is it always natural to attain an equilibrium? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 158 That's How We Do It In Government | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:23

Why government-reported statistics are bogus. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 157 Infinite Infinities | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:04:11

How much more infinite can you get? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

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